Australia has many decades of gas. But, if this is true, how can we be looking at big gas price increases and possibly supply shortfalls within a few years? A new Grattan Institute report by Tony Wood delves into the big issues.
A new scientific paper claims chloroflurocarbons, or CFCs, are the real culprit in global warming. This is complete and utter rubbish.
Critics are up in arms about the discovery of asbestos in pits and ducts used by the NBN. But has the federal government done anything wrong? Telecommunications expert Richard Chirgwin digs deeper into the issue.
Even where the Coalition has not explicitly sought to scare away financiers, the ambiguity of its policy position is leading to an investment strike. It's the great contradiction in its policy.
Joe Hockey has had a good budget fortnight, today's Essential shows, but on key policies the Coalition trails Labor.
Wandering cats are a menace to native birds and wildlife, but the cat "right to life" lobby is preventing them being euthanased. Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons of NZ's Morgan Foundation want a cat crackdown.
On the southern Gold Coast men still go down to the sea in small boats to catch the Flathead Mullet. Peter Shaw reflects on fishing, drinking goon and telling stories.
Europe’s carbon pricing woes cast further doubt on the credibility of Australia’s scheme and on Treasury’s revenue forecasts. Climate change law research Fergus Green writes at Inside Story.
If Nick Xenophon holds the balance of power in the Senate after the election, climate change policy will get very interesting. Here's one possible scenario -- which sees an ETS return, but in a different form.
